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1 Chronicles 20

8 aligned verses; 8 with wording or punctuation differences .

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And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year , at the time when kings go out ` to battle' , that Joab led forth the army , and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah , and overthrew it.
In the spring , at the time when kings march out to war , Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
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And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold , and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head : and he brought forth the spoil of the city , exceeding much .
Then David took the crown from the head of their king . It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones , and it was placed on David’s head . And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
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And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut ` them ' with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon . And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks , and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
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And it came to pass after this , that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines : then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
Some time later , war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
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And there was again war with the Philistines ; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines , and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature , whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six ` on each hand ', and six ` on each foot '; and he also was born unto the giant.
And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot —twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
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And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
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These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of David , and by the hand of his servants.
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

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